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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Amazing Photos of April's Floods in the Chicago Area

Hopefully you're beginning to recover from the massive flooding of recent days. Here's a collection of the gee-whizziest photos on Patch from across the Chicago area.

Whether you’ve spent Friday at the mercy of an inordinately long rerouted commute or you’ve been down in the basement trepidatiously wading through murky liquid of questionable origins, you might want to see how others fared in this week's rains and floods. Here's a gallery of some of the most remarkable flood photos across the greater Chicago region.  And remember, in most cases, it could be worse. Unless you were caught in the now-viral Oak Park-River Forest High School sewage geyser (that's the PG name). Those folks get a free pass to be as bitter as they want.

3GsInWheaton

1:59 pm on Sunday, April 21, 2013

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/glen_ellyn/ct-tl-glen-ellyn-flooding-20130419,0,2644390.story   more ›

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Plainfield Pics & Clips

Share photos and videos of your community with your neighbors.

From the beginning, Plainfield Patch has been pleased to serve as a destination for community members to share their opinions, photos and video. In the parlance of the digital age this is User Generated Content (UGC), otherwise known as cool stuff from readers. Here’s how it works Of course, if you have trouble or questions, please contact Editor Karen Sorensen at karen@patch.com for help.

cindy hull

6:38 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013

looking for the article on Vince Viriyal he was busted for Drugs cndyhull@aol.com   more ›

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Biz Q&A: Constable Tattoo Sees Art in Ink

Owner Kyle Berg says he wants to create a wholesome, family-owned environment in which his employees can practice their art.

Every week Plainfield Patch profiles a new business that has chosen to call Plainfield home. Business name: The Constable Tattoo Parlor Address:.16122 S. Route 59, Plainfield, IL 60544 Owner’s name: Kyle Berg Phone number: 815-254-6601 Web site: www.constabletattoo.com Opening date: March 1, 2011 Hours: Noon to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; noon-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday Type of business: Tattoos and piercing What sets this business apart from others of its kind? Owner/artist Kyle Berg named his shop The Constable Tattoo Parlor as an homage to his grandfather, Gerald G. Berg, whose shop, The Constable, sold supplies to police stations in the Chicagoland area until 1990. According to Kyle’s Web site, Grandpa Berg’s work ethic as a police…

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